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sunrise service

American  

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.


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Nothing is quite as nice as an Easter Sunday sunrise service on a New England small-town beach.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

That means sunrise service attendees will be waking up early on the last day of March this year.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Church held a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2023

Easter was emotional and new and different for many this year, including at the Lincoln Memorial sunrise service that has been a tradition since 1979, save the last two years.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2022

The whole family drove slowly through swirling snow to the Garden Tomb, where Liyana’s mother wanted to attend the sunrise service.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye